Average marginal effects of structural characteristics, retirement age norm and stereotypes on preferring younger or older workers for training an employee
| Training | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefer younger workers | Neutral | Prefer older workers | ||||
| AME | SE | AME | SE | AME | SE | |
| Organisational characteristics | ||||||
| Sector (ref.=public sector) | ||||||
| Industry | 0.07 | 0.04 | −0.09* | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Services and trade | 0.04 | 0.04 | −0.04 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Size (ref.=small) | ||||||
| Medium | −0.07** | 0.03 | 0.07* | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Large | −0.18*** | 0.04 | 0.18*** | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Proportion of older employees | −0.09 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Proportion flexible contract employees | 0.18* | 0.07 | −0.18* | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Proportion part-time employees | −0.11* | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Manager’s characteristics | ||||||
| Female (ref.=male) | −0.14*** | 0.03 | 0.13*** | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Age | −0.001 | 0.00 | −0.001 | 0.00 | 0.002* | 0.00 |
| Retirement age norm | −0.01* | 0.00 | 0.01* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hard qualities stereotypes | 0.00 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Soft qualities stereotypes | 0.02 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04* | 0.01 |
| n | 960 | |||||
| χ²(24) | 115.93*** | |||||
| McFadden’s (pseudo) R2 | 0.096 | |||||
| Training | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefer younger workers | Neutral | Prefer older workers | ||||
| AME | SE | AME | SE | AME | SE | |
| Sector (ref.=public sector) | ||||||
| Industry | 0.07 | 0.04 | −0.09* | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Services and trade | 0.04 | 0.04 | −0.04 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Size (ref.=small) | ||||||
| Medium | −0.07** | 0.03 | 0.07* | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Large | −0.18*** | 0.04 | 0.18*** | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Proportion of older employees | −0.09 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Proportion flexible contract employees | 0.18* | 0.07 | −0.18* | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Proportion part-time employees | −0.11* | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Female (ref.=male) | −0.14*** | 0.03 | 0.13*** | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Age | −0.001 | 0.00 | −0.001 | 0.00 | 0.002* | 0.00 |
| Retirement age norm | −0.01* | 0.00 | 0.01* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hard qualities stereotypes | 0.00 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Soft qualities stereotypes | 0.02 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04* | 0.01 |
| 960 | ||||||
| 115.93*** | ||||||
| McFadden’s (pseudo) | 0.096 | |||||
Notes: AME, average marginal effect; SE, standard error. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001
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